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George L. Carney Jr. is by turns modest and firmly confident — which is not unusual considering how far he's come during the past 85 years.
George L. Carney Jr. is by turns modest and firmly confident — which is not unusual considering how far he's come during the past 85 years.
"It takes a very unique person to run this kind of business," he said, referring to Raynham Park.
When told he'd recently been voted Newsmaker of the Year by this newspaper's staff, the Brockton native said he was "very honored."
"It was a complete surprise," Carney said, adding, "I always try to do the right thing."
At an age when many other men and women are in the midst of retirement, Carney is looking ahead to the next phase of his career.
It was 1966 when he took ownership of what was still a thriving greyhound racing business.
His father, George Sr., and partner Russ Murray opened Raynham Greyhound Park in 1941. Carney eventually bought remaining stock, originally owned by his father, from another co-owner, Lou Smith.
Smith, a Russian immigrant who became a successful entrepreneur, was a greyhound heavyweight in New England. He was instrumental in getting a law passed in 1933 to legalize pari-mutuel betting in New Hampshire, where for years thereafter he ran Rockingham Park, a major employer and taxpayer in the Granite State.
The Raynham racing park also was a job-producer and generated significant tax revenue, both to the state and its host town. But business slowed as casinos opened in Connecticut and Rhode Island.
The curtain finally closed for good when greyhound racing became illegal in Massachusetts in 2010.
You can still bet on a race in Raynham, but all of the dogs and horses running their respective tracks are simulcast from other locations.
By the time lawmakers established the Expanded Gaming Act in 2011, Carney had jumped in to compete for what would be the sole slots parlor in the state.
While the city of Taunton pursued a resort casino with the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian tribe, Carney secured investment backing for a slot machine parlor that would be a boon, both in terms of job creation and revenue to the town and state.
Carney is all but convinced his 125-acre site at 1958 Broadway will be named by the state's gaming commission as the Bay State's sole legitimate slot parlor facility.
He recounted that in its heyday — with its live greyhound racing, restaurants and lounges — Raynham Park generated $1 million a year in revenue for the town and employed as many as 700 people.
His staff, he said, now numbers about 100.
He predicts as many as 1,700 full- and part-time jobs will be created once the slots parlor opens.
The state, meanwhile, stands to collect $25 million for a licensing fee and a projected $138 million annually from gross revenue ranging from $200 million to $300 million, Carney said. That leaves a 51-percent share for Carney and his backers.
It's estimated Raynham will collect at least $4 million per year, according to town officials.
"I've always been a supporter of expanded gaming at Raynham Park," said Raynham Selectman Joseph Pacheco.
Pacheco said the combination of property, meal and other taxes and monetary "mitigation" compensation will account for the $4 million. He also said Carney is an ideal choice because of his longstanding local ties and regional roots.
Carney said he never doubted that Greenwood Racing Inc. was the best casino company he could have chosen as a partner for what is now a proposed $227 million slot-machine gambling facility.
"If they didn't know what they were doing I wouldn't be with them," he said.
Before making the deal with Greenwood — whose Parx Casino and Racing in Bensalem is the biggest casino complex in Pennsylvania — Carney said he met with representatives of eight or nine other "top-flight" casino groups.
He said he appreciated the fact that Greenwood "understood the racing business."
Carney got his start in greyhound racing when he was 14. He was paid $4 a day and $24 a week for chores including leading dogs out to the racetrack, at a time when he said school teachers earned between $18 and $22 a week.
When Raynham Greyhound Park was in full swing in the 1940s and beyond, it competed with Revere's Wonderland Greyhound Park and the Taunton Dog Track on Route 44 near the Dighton line.
James J. Egan opened Taunton's racetrack in 1935. He sold it four years later to Boston-based entrepreneur and philanthropist Joe Linsey — a Russian immigrant, who was both famous and slightly infamous, the latter for his Prohibition-era ties to Boston organized crime.
Linsey and his nephew Al Ross ran the track until it closed in December 1981. He sold his "racing dates" to Carney so that greyhound racing in Raynham became a year-round venture.
"We bought him out in the end," Carney said.
From then on the Raynham Park was known as Raynham-Taunton Greyhound Park.
The Taunton site became a flea market business known as Taunton Expo. A fire leveled it in September 2001.
The skill of combining greyhounds, horses and legal betting became part of Carney's psyche from an early age. He noted that at one time, his father at had a controlling interest in New Hampshire's Rockingham Park.
In the 1960s, years after working as a young teenager at the Raynham dog track, Carney was appointed general manager of Suffolk Downs in East Boston.
Like his father before him, Carney has always had his hand in a variety of businesses.
For years, his dad owned and operated a large bar in Brockton called Sweeney's. In 1957, Carney got involved in the Brockton Fairgrounds after successfully winning a proxy battle, at the behest of a Brockton businessman.
"Over time they turned it over to me," he said of the Brockton Fair.
He still owns the fairgrounds and plans to establish harness racing there once slots come to Raynham.
Carney said the races will be simulcast in Raynham, and he likes the idea of helping farmers and other people connected to the horse racing trade.
There are also two other business located in the parking lot of his dog track.
Patriot Recycling breaks down and recycles construction waste to create material used as road fill. There's also a licensed transfer station called Earth Source Inc., which, for a fee, collects cooking grease and oil from restaurants.
His sons-in-law and four children all contribute to the family businesses, which also includes two Brockton liquor stores.
Carney said he has a "great relationship" with the city of Taunton and its DPW, notwithstanding the city's own pursuit of a resort-style casino.
He said he pays more than $50,000 per year to the city to be able to dispose of the cooking oil, which eventually ends up in Taunton's wastewater treatment plant.
He said he also pays Raynham $240,000 per year in "up-front fees" as part of the same agreements.
Before committing himself to working full-time in the gaming industry, Carney said when he was 16 he worked three years as a deckhand on yachts in Florida that sometimes stopped off in pre-Castro Cuba.
"It was an easy way of life; and I learned how to take care of myself," he said.
He later joined the Navy and was an active reservist for six years, before working in his father's bar.
Carney said in 1970 he was offered a chance to help run a Las Vegas casino. But he ultimately decided it wouldn't be a good idea, commuting back and forth.
"I was committed to go, but I had four kids," he said. "I didn't want to get myself in trouble and end up not being married to the same wife."
Carney said he owes a debt of gratitude to a handful of Brockton entrepreneurs, men he called "self-made millionaires," who took a shining to him when he was a young man and offered him valuable job experience.
He singled out the late brothers Dewey and Jud Stone.
Dewey Stone, Carney noted, was instrumental in fundraising to establish the state of Israel. Stone also is the subject of a recent documentary.
Jud Stone, Carney said, became a probate court judge.
Carney said the Stones owned stock in Brockton Fairgrounds, and that it was they who hired him to represent their interests in the proxy case.
Carney also has fond memories of Lou Smith and Max Wind. Wind owned stock in the Brockton Fair business.
With vacation homes in Jupiter, Fla. and North Falmouth, one might think Carney would sell his house in Brockton, where he and his wife Laetitia still reside.
"I paid $38,000 for it 40 years ago, and to me it still means a lot," Carney said, adding that he's told his wife "when I pass on she can move."
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1. Electoral candidates may no longer say anything about their opponent. Their statements are usually false or exaggerated - and it makes sense - so it's no longer allowed. In fact, no political group can say anything bad about a candidate. They can advance their own candidate, but if there's anything bad to be said about a candidate, the media can do it independently.
2. Everyone must get a license to have children. If you don't get a license and get pregnant or get someone pregnant, you must immediately apply for a license and take the test. If you fail, your child will be removed and placed with competent, licensed parents. The test would include such questions as: Is it ok to leave your child alone in the car? Do children need food? Is it ok to hit your children? Is it ok to make your children sleep in cages? Is it ok to drop your children off a pier? ...and really shouldn't be that difficult.
3. After the age of 70, you must retake the driver's test every other year to keep your license. The whole thing - written, behind-the-wheel, vision, all of it. Look, you're 70, you can find a free day to take the test.
4. New initiative: all homeless people will be picked up and either sent to a treatment facility or taught a skill applicable to building houses: electric work, plumbing, hitting a nail with a hammer, etc. They will then be set to work building houses for homeless people. It all works itself out. This applies even to the tattoo-covered, pierced, able-bodied teenagers standing in the median in front of Wal-Mart.
5. New tax laws: If your household makes under 25k, you pay no taxes. Up to 50k, you pay 5%. Up to 100k, you pay 10%. Up to 150k, you pay 15%. Up to 200k, you pay 20%. Over 200k, you pay 25%. Everyone fills out an EZ. No deductions. No write-offs. No credits. No loopholes. Sorry. Just pay your darn taxes so we can have decent schools, and pay for my homeless initiative.
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Scott Z
So -- item #1 curtails free speech, item #2 requires a police/nanny/Stalinist state, item #4 overlooks the vast quantity of the homeless who have mental illness and can't function without medical care, and item #5 is self-defeating: see this data from the US Census for information on how income levels are distributed throughout the country. Your tax scheme would raise revenues of $700 million per year from income taxes on anyone making less than $250,000 per year. The remaining 1699 households in America would face the burden of coming up with roughly $800 billion (yes, that's billion) to make this plan revenue-neutral. See the Tax Policy center data about the composition of taxes.
Scott Z
I'm with you on #3, though -- routine skills assessment for all drivers, regardless of age. If you can't drive, you shouldn't have a license.
The Maharaja
Margaret for America!
Mrs. B
Hey, if I rule the world, I make the rules.
Oh, and note that #4 does mention that they could be taken to a treatment facility...I didn't overlook that.
Scott Z
Correction -- in my first comment, that should read "remaining 1,699,000 households," not "1699 households." So your tax scheme only requires an average tax liability of $470,865 per household for that group of people, not $471 million per household.
While we're making up rules for the new world order, can we add
6. It shall be illegal and morally suspect to use an interactive voice response system (phone menu system) for any customer service purpose. Customer Service implies actually helping those who call in, rather than shunting them to a voice-enabled bit-bucket. The use of call centers in India where people take fake, American-sounding names like Chris and Tony (but are really named something more along the lines of Sridhar or Sanjay) shall be allowed, but looked upon with disdain. Come on, people -- if you're considering renaming your employees, maybe you have larger problems to tackle.
Mrs. B
Ah, yes, I like #6.
And the tax thing doesn't really bother me. If you make $2mil a year in personal income, you can pay a half mil in taxes. Doesn't bother me at all. And, lest ye protest, if I made $2mil a year, I'd gladly pony up the taxes, as long as the public school that my children attended had decent teachers.
And, while we're at it:
#7. Every DMV will be required to hire approximately twice as many employees as they think they need. Further, they may not all take their lunch break at the same time, and the numbering system will be changed to "1,2,3.." instead of "E317,D47,B182" so that you can get an idea of when your number is actually going to be called, and go get a snack if needbe.
Scott Z
The problem with the tax thing is that it's half a mil on average for every household in the bracket. In reality, the vast majority of people in that block wouldn't be able to afford nearly that much in taxes; the distribution of people in that bracket is likely very left-skewed. That means you'd be relying on very few households to provide a large percentage of the national revenue, so one bad year for those few people and the whole country has a bad year.
Better might be to replace the income tax entirely with a national sales tax. Progressive income taxes encourage people not to earn too much more, lest they owe the government substantially greater proportions of their income. Sales taxes encourage people to save or invest instead of spending.
#8 Voting is mandatory for anyone 18 or over. You may vote "I don't care," but you must vote. For cryin' out loud, it's supposed to be a democracy!
Mrs. B
Ah, yes, #8 is good. As far as my tax plan goes, we may lose some revenue and have to make it up somewhere - perhaps with a type of sales tax. I'm a big fan of eliminating the income tax and having a type of consumption tax - although, I'd prefer to exclude certain things from sales tax - namely, food (from a grocery store) and necessities (utilities, etc). Not sure how to do that.
And, while we're at it...
9. Anyone caught sending out emails promising a mortgage for 1%, or prescription drugs without going to your doctor, or trying to get my bank account information, will earn a mandatory death sentence. In some gruesome and disgusting manner.
The Maharaja
Wow! You guys need drinks.
Scott Z
"Filtering" taxes is a non-trivial administrative effort, but it's commonplace enough that there are tools to do it. Ever notice that in Virginia, the sales tax on groceries is different from sales tax on other goods? The same system can set a tax on some products at 0% and on others at 23%.
Does 23% shock you? Here's an article which explains why that would be a "fair" tax to replace income, estate, and payroll taxes.
Mrs. B
The only thing about the national sales tax is that the black/secondary market could suddenly become HUGE...
OH Bee Juan
Death to those who try to buck the consumption tax. Consumer Whores.


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Photos from Flickr: istlibraryLearning from peers is powerful -- in the classroom and in life. I often get my share early on a Saturday morning, thanks to Skype and Beth Gourley, my friend and fellow teacher-librarian. When our video cameras come into focus, the difference in our locations is obvious. Beth, up in Tianjin, China, at this time of year is wearing a thick bathrobe and huddled under a duvet, while I, down in Singapore, lounge in sleeveless nightwear, cooled by a ceiling fan.
This week's treasures from Beth included an article she wrote last year for KnowledgeQuest called "Inquiry -- The Road Less Travelled" (Vol. 37, No. 1, Sept/Oct 2008) and some related photos. Unfortunately, the article is not yet available online, but should be eventually (and you could always write Beth and ask her to send you a copy.... )
In the article she describes the International School of Tianjin (an IBO school) and how the teaching team there has worked on improving inquiry in the classrooms and library, starting with a group exploration of inquiry and information literacy models.
The result was a model adapted from three major sources: the spiral of making personal meaning and understanding from Barbara Stripling (2003), guiding questions from Jennifer Branch and Dianne Oberg (2005), and language from Kath Murdoch (2005). The secondary school version is shown above, and they have a similar one with simplified questions for the elementary school.
I especially love how teachers use the model as a framework for documenting the units of inquiry. Here is an example from one of their Kindergarten classes (click to enlarge):
When Kath Murdoch came and worked with their teachers last year, they did a reflective exercise on their implementation of inquiry. Here is a partial summary of the remarks collected (also taken from the article):
They go on to create the list (below left).
Nothing radical there -- everyone struggling to improve their inquiry will recognize the items as common goals. Still it's good to be reminded of them.
Beth is also working on a wiki called Research Story, based on their inquiry model (which I trust she won't mind me sharing). Like all wikis, it's a work in progress. But I know it's made me want to go back and re-organize my own grade-level wikis around an inquiry model.
NB: The inquiry cycle image at the top was developed at the International School of Tianjin (IST) in 2007.
Sources for the image compilation-- as taken from the IST Flickr page:
Stripling, Barbara K. 2003. "Inquiry-Based Learning." In Curriculum Connections through the Library, ed. Barbara K. Stripling and Sandra Hughes-Hassell, 3-39. Westport, Conn: Libraries Unlimited. Murdoch, Kath. 1998. Classroom Connections: Strategies for Integrated Learning. Ar-madale, Vic: Eleanor Curtain Pub.Branch, Jennifer, and Dianne Oberg. 2005 "Focus on Inquiry." IASL. (accessed 6 May 2007).


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Goatboy wrote:I think you exhibit a lot of not-so-subtle bias in your post, as well as a complete misunderstanding of Satanism.
Vulpine wrote:Do some actual research into the church and you'll see that it's probably more analogous to certain forms of libertarianism than anything else.
your bit about Buddhism is a little off as well
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The Lombard Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA) is located 18 miles (30 km) west of Chicago in the suburb of Lombard. It was organized on 23 October 1954. For over two years prior to this Mennonite families that had moved to the Chicago area for vocational interests had met in homes for Bible study and fellowship. The charter membership, beginning with 14 members, was closed a year later with 51 members. This included associate members from the Evanston and Elgin I-W units and members of the General Conference Mennonite Church living in the area. Services were held at the church parsonage at 1012 Whitmore Lane, Lombard, and the East Lombard Civic Club Building, Westmore and Division, Lombard, before there was a regular church building. The church was affiliated with the Illinois Mennonite Conference. LeRoy Kennel was the pastor in 1954.
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Kennel, LeRoy E. "Lombard Mennonite Church (Lombard, Illinois, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 27 Sep 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Lombard_Mennonite_Church_(Lombard,_Illinois,_USA)&oldid=95837.
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Kennel, LeRoy E. (1957). Lombard Mennonite Church (Lombard, Illinois, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 27 September 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Lombard_Mennonite_Church_(Lombard,_Illinois,_USA)&oldid=95837.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 387. All rights reserved.
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Arizona Opens at Home with NAU, UC Riverside
TUCSON, Ariz. – The Arizona men's tennis team returns to Tucson to begin their home season Friday Jan. 24 as they take on Northern Arizona at 12:30 p.m. at the Tucson Country Club. Arizona will compete against UC Riverside on the weekend as well, facing them Sunday Jan. 26 at 11 a.m., also at the Tucson Country Club.
Live stats for the weekend's matches can be found at www.arizona.statb.us
"We played both teams last year and they compete very well," head coach Tad Berkowitz said. "Division I men's college tennis is very deep and we look for a couple of tough matches this weekend."
Arizona's first four home matches will be played off-campus, with this weekend at the Tucson Country Club and next weekend's at Reffkin Tennis Center.
"It's good to get out into the community and be more accessible to people," said assistant coach Arron Spencer. "It's fun to get out there and hopefully it will draw fans in when we play at Robson."
Arizona is coming off a 2-4 finish in a six-match weekend, defeating UC Irvine twice and falling two times each to Texas A&M Corpus Christi and No. 67 New Mexico.
"We're focusing on taking advantage of opportunities," said Spencer. "We played good tennis last weekend; we took opportunities but we let some slip."
For more information and directions to the Tucson Country Club, visit www.tucsoncountryclub.com
On Northern Arizona
The Lumberjacks will begin their 2014 campaign against Arizona on Friday. It features a young team of five juniors and three freshmen. Northern Arizona finished last season at 4-19, and 1-9 in the Big Sky Conference, and are coached by Ki Kroll
On UC Riverside
Their match against Arizona will be the Highlanders' fourth on the season. Head Coach Tim Downey's squad opened the season with a pair of losses to Nevada and No. 49 San Diego State, bringing them to 0-2 before this weekend's matchups against Northern Arizona and Arizona. Last year Riverside compiled a 3-21 record, including 0-6 in the Big West Conference. The senior-less team returns five letter-winners.
For continued coverage of Arizona men's tennis, visit ArizonaWildcats.com, follow @ArizonaMTennis on Twitter and Instagram, and on Facebook at facebook.com/ArizonaMensTennis.


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On December 31st, we make New Year's resolutions. Many of these goals are related to diet and exercise, particularly after the over-indulgence of the holiday season. Very few are related to character change. Even fewer are focused on spiritual goals. And, unfortunately, even fewer actually last. We find ourselves facing the following December 31st about to make the same or very similar resolutions. (Although for some of us the resolution to diet is a daily occurrence rather than a yearly one!)
Rosh Hashanah is different. In the first place, the goals are spiritual rather than physical. We want to grow as human beings. We want to improve our character. We want to deepen our relationship with the Almighty. We want to achieve lasting change. And we want it to penetrate beyond the superficial physical level.
But that is not all. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish celebration of the New Year, is not about resolutions; it's about commitments. It's not about good ideas; it's about real change. How do we ensure that we don't face next Rosh Hashanah the way we face every secular year end? By making commitments, by saying that this new decision, this new action is now inviolable.
Pick one or two things to work on, and be realistic.
This is not so easy to accomplish. We have to choose our commitments very carefully. They have to be small enough and reasonable enough that there is a high chance of success. We should pick one or two things to work on. And we need to be realistic. Some of us can't commit to never yelling at our husbands ever again. But we can decide that every day, between the hours of 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., we'll keep our tempers in check – even if requires biting our tongues, going for a walk around the block or engaging in primal scream therapy in a sound-proof room.
Some of us can't promise to never gossip ever again. We know the temptation is too great. But we can make a commitment not to gossip every day between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m., going so far as to not answer the phone/emails/texts during that time if that's what it takes.
We may not be prepared to keep the whole Shabbos but we could choose to light Shabbos candles every week. And we may not be ready or able to fully immerse ourselves in a curriculum of Jewish learning but we could commit to five minutes per day, every day. The possibilities are, quite literally, endless.
In order to ensure that these commitments are adhered to, it is crucial to incorporate a daily performance review, a cheshbon hanefesh (spiritual accounting) according to Jewish tradition. Rosh Hashanah is the Almighty's performance review of us. No employee can expect to get a good review (and a raise!) if he just crams in some projects the day before the evaluation. A successful review requires daily effort and evaluation. It demands focus and determination. So too with spiritual change. We need five minutes a day to check ourselves – how am I doing? Did I remember my commitment? Did I keep it? If not, what got in the way and how can I ensure that tomorrow will be different?
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the outgoing chief rabbi of Britain said something wonderful recently, "I know there is a God," he said. "The great news is that He believes is us, which is much more important than our believing in Him."
We have the potential to change. We have the ability. We have the power. We have the backing and support of the Creator of the world. We just need to recognize it, believe it, and act on it.


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Talk about broken election promises. Four years ago, after moderating his 11th debate, Jim Lehrer, the highly respected PBS veteran, said he would retire. On Wednesday night in Denver he broke that promise, and the result was one of the most poorly moderated presidential debates in U.S. history.
Lehrer, 78, said he decided to take the helm once more after the Commission on Presidential Debates accepted a format he lobbied for: a format with few formal questions, in which the candidates challenge each other. It doesn't work. The candidates don't care to do it, and the moderator didn't help.
Making matters worse, neither candidate spoke directly to camera. The audience at the University of Denver may have enjoyed it, but for tens of millions watching on TV, it was awkward and unsettling. Both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney addressed most of their comments to the moderator rather than the home audience, meaning they were often looking off to the side. Only in his closing remarks did Romney wisely speak directly to viewers at home.
Lehrer supported the idea of cutting the number of questions from nine to six. Even at that, he was so unable to control the process that there was barely time for the final question.
Worse, Lehrer chose a style of questioning that is both unfair and usually a roadblock for the candidates. "What are the major differences between the two of you on jobs?" was his first question of the night. Almost all of the questions that followed asked about the "differences" - on education, on social security, etc. Candidates should never be asked to define their opponent's positions, only their own. It's up to the moderator to identify the differences, and Lehrer was unable or unwilling to do it.
"Do you have a question for President Obama?" Lehrer asked Romney early on. It was exactly what Lehrer asked John McCain in '08. McCain said, "No." Romney didn't even bother with that; he simply delivered several minutes of talking points.
Lehrer said on a recent PBS broadcast that he favors a free-wheeling format in which the candidates question each other. They don't like that, which is why, for example, Romney was never asked about his "47 percent" remark in which he said people who don't pay federal income tax consider themselves victims, and Obama was never asked about his remark that if he didn't turn the economy around he'd be a one-term president.
The event was such bad television that many Americans, including the prized "undecided voters," probably gave up and changed the channel. For those who stuck with it, Romney was the apparent winner - but more on style points than hard facts, most of which were never challenged by the president or the moderator.
The co-chair of the Commission on Presidential Debates, Frank Fahrenkopf Jr., told me two weeks ago that his group relied on Lehrer and Bob Schieffer, 75, as moderators because they were impartial journalists who could be counted upon to interrupt when necessary and make the candidates stick to the facts. The CPD will now have to rethink the process of selecting moderators.
As to the content, much was written before the debate that Romney practiced far more than the president. It showed, particularly in the closing arguments, as Romney painted a clear picture of how his administration would differ from Obama's, while the president seemed to be winging it. That ad-lib style hurt Clint Eastwood at the GOP convention and it hurt Obama in Denver.
Thanks to the hype, many Americans probably tuned in expecting a raft of zingers from Mitt Romney. There were few if any. Voters might have hoped to see the candidates go after each other. They really didn't. Pundits prepared long lists of possible questions. None was asked.
There are still two more presidential debates, one on foreign affairs, the other using the so-called town hall format in which the questions come from undecided voters, selected by the Gallup Organization. Frank Fahrenkopf told me, "The public loves town halls, but the media hates them."
After watching Jim Lehrer in Denver, even media know-it-alls might find themselves looking forward to giving the public a shot.
Peter Funt is a writer and speaker and can be reached at www.CandidCamera.com.
Talk about broken election promises. Four years ago, after moderating his 11th debate, Jim Lehrer, the highly respected PBS veteran, said he would retire. On Wednesday night in Denver he broke that promise, and the result was one of the most poorly moderated presidential debates in U.S. history.


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Dubai and Abu Dhabi to boost property markets, economy
DUBAI, UAE - In a bid to arrest a burgeoning property crash, and to revive a flagging economy, the Dubai government has introduced a number of initiatives including substantial reductions in government fees, the introduction of residency visas for real estate investors, and the issuing of liquor licenses to tourists.
The Federal government too is slashing work permit fees and costs for 145 government services, from 50% to 94%.
Property prices across the UAE, particularly in the largest emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, have collapsed over the past five years, and according to reports are now dipping below the levels reached during the GFC in 2008/9. Property prices and rents have been falling non-stop since 2014, accelerating in the past year.
The proliferation of new development has seen the country become way over-supplied with real estate, and with the economy flat, there is little to stimulate demand, sufficient to see any improvement.
Hotels have also become over-built, with far too many properties, and numerous more still under construction. One 5-star hotel in one of the most attractive areas of the city last month recorded single-digit occupancy levels. Room rates have dropped so sharply, that retail investors that have bought hotel rooms and apartments, are receiving next-to-no return from their investment.
The government has recognised funds need to be spent on infrastructure, and more effort needs to be focused on developing the business environment, rather than simply building real estate.
Adding to concerns about the UAE economic outlook is the impact VAT is having on the economy. The 5% impost introduced on January 1 last year, has been a drain on the economy.
There is speculation the transfer fees on property sales, which were increased from 2% to 4% in 2014, may be reviewed. The increase that occurred is widely believed to have been the catalyst for the puncturing of the real estate market.
The moves by the Federal and Dubai governments are quite aggressive and indicate there is a genuine attempt to turn things around.
The Dubai Land Department meantime has granted 'golden residence' to 20 real estate investors from more than a dozen countries that have made substantial property investments in the emirate. The move has been initiated by the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs.
During a ceremony this week (pictured), the five-year Golden Residence cards were handed over to real estate investors whose investments in the local real estate market are not less than 5 million dirhams ($1.365 million). All members of their families, including spouse and children, benefit from this privilege, said the WAM news agency on Friday.
Conditions for obtaining a residency visa for five years include investment in one or more existing properties as the total value of the real estate asset, regardless of whether the property is owned by an individual or a group of investors.
(Photo credit: Dubai Land Department).


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Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter passed away Thursday after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. He was 57.
Best known for his role on the 1986 World Series champion Mets and for his 10-year run with the Expos that preceded it, Carter had been battling cancer since doctors discovered inoperable tumors on his brain in May 2011. His condition took a turn for the worse when an MRI revealed new tumors in January 2012.
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I love the black and green jacket so much, I think it's from Zara but didn't see it on their web store. Anyone know?
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great jacket! i wish i could rock the leather jacket look better!ReplyDelete
I asked my local Zara (Istanbul), they said it arrived before the sales and was sold out, even though it's new season. It reappeared on the site under new arrivals, so I'll ask again tomorrow. Fingers crossed.ReplyDelete
I thought it was Zara too--maybe it has sold out.ReplyDelete
yep, it's Zara ... the Sahariana jacket w/ leather sleevesReplyDelete
Veda used to make a very similar jacket. They pop up on Ebay every now and then.ReplyDelete
Rebelle has one similar http://www.shoprebelle.com/en/categories.html?p=2ReplyDelete
It is back :)ReplyDelete
Here's Veda's: http://www.shopbop.com/jasper-leather-jacket-veda/vp/v=1/845524441932360.htm?folderID=2534374302108251&fm=browse-brand-shopbysize-viewall&colorId=11689ReplyDelete
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If you're like most Americans, Mexican food conjures up images of fajitas, piles of refried beans slathered with cheese, nachos, corn chips and crispy tacos filled with chopped beef and lettuce. In reality, that food should only be called what it really is: Tex-Mex. If you're in Chicago, you should discard any preconceptions about Mexican food and rush to the Frontera Grill and Topolobampo restaurants run by Rick and Deann Bayless. Frontera Grill and Topolobampo are adjacent to each other and share the same bar area. Topolobampo is a white-tablecloth restaurant, while the grill is more casual, with tile floors and banquettes.
The Baylesses have explored the Mexican countryside, searching out the most authentic regional dishes. Their dedication extends to such a degree that each year they close the restaurant and take the staff to Mexico to eat and discover new dishes. In a recent article, Rick Bayless wrote, "Contrary to most American expectations, well-made Mexican regional cooking does not (with a few exceptions) burn with capsicum [hot peppers]. Rather, it's notably full flavored and richly complex and, in more cases than not, offers deep-rooted, long-simmered satisfaction."
A recent meal amply supported Bayless's assertions. It started with a round of tamales oaxaqueños, a cornmeal cake studded with chicken in a red mole sauce--the earthiness of the cornmeal blended perfectly with the red, spicy sauce. A shrimp cocktail followed. This was really a raw seafood appetizer made snappy by spices and lemon; it sounded the only false note of the evening because the whole shrimp didn't quite marry with the dish. Beware of the tortilla chips here; they are addicting and, combined with the wonderfully spicy salsas, can make a meal in themselves. On top of that, the tortillas are freshly made by hand and keep coming steaming hot to the table throughout the meal.
The main courses included a puerco in pipian rojo, a wood-grilled pork tenderloin served in a classic sauce of two kinds of chile and pumpkin seeds. The meat was fork tender, and the rich, sweet spices produced a smooth combination. You can also order codornices en petalos de rosas (quail in rose petals), which was made famous in the novel by Laura Esquivel and movie by the same name, Like Water for Chocolate. And there is birria de cabrito, a chile-marinated goat dish that is roasted in banana leaves and provides a deep, complex set of aromatic flavors filled with spice.
There are no wrong turns on this menu. Bayless always finds just the right blend of spices to go with his ingredients, and you very rarely end up reaching for the water glass to quench some outrageously hot spice flavor. His menu changes not just seasonally, but weekly as well. But at any given moment, you will encounter absolutely authentic Mexican dishes, probably prepared far better here than any you could have in Mexico.
The wine list has about 100 selections, and Bayless works hard to find wines that are compatible with his full-flavored cuisine. There is a good selection of Zinfandels, including those of the highly regarded Nalle Vineyards. And he provides wines based on the Syrah, Petite Sirah and Mourvèdre grapes and, perhaps predictably, on the Tempranillo, which is the basis for many Spanish red wines. Bayless himself often suggests young, fruity Pinot Noirs to go with the meal.
The one catch here is that cigar smoking is not permitted at your table. But there are small tables and counters in the bar area where smoking is allowed. During the summer there is also a section of tables on the sidewalk where it's easy to have a smoke. Despite the restrictions, this is a place cigar aficionados should not miss. You get one of the world's great cuisines prepared to its highest level of sophistication. And somehow, the linkage to Mexico demands a fine hand-rolled cigar to finish off the meal.
--Gordon Mott
Frontera Grill/Topolobampo
445 N. Clark Street
(312) 661-1434
Dinner: $75 for two, without wine, at Topolobampo; $40 for two, without wine, at Frontera Grill


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Today in Organizational Behaviour we learnt about
Discrimination & Exclusion
The difference: Discrimination is more obvious and overt, where you target a group because they are different from you.
e.g: "I am firing you because you are dyslexic."
However, racism/other -isms are now socially unacceptable (at least in the UK). So people resort to Exclusion, which is more subtle and hidden, but nevertheless shows that you dislike a certain group.
e.g: being unfriendly to another race, trying to get as far away as possible from 'that brown dude', etc.
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What: 18th Annual Petals and Pathways Home Garden Tour
When: Saturday, June 25, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Where: Eight Sequim gardens on a self-guided tour; map included on tickets (Attendees may visit the gardens in any order.)
Who: Sponsored by the Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County
Why: Proceeds support local educational programs and maintain Master Gardener demonstration gardens, which are open to the public free of charge.
Tickets: $15 prior to June 25;
$20 the day of the tour
Ticket outlets: Airport Garden Center, Gross's Nursery and Florist, The Red Rooster Grocery, Henery's Garden Center in Sequim and Port Townsend, McComb Gardens, Over the Fence, Peninsula Nursery, Port Books and News, Sunny Farms Farm Store, Vision Landscape Nursery, the Clallam County Extension office. Tickets will be available at the gardens on the day of the tour.
Tour co-chairmen: Bill Wrobel, Rhonda Summerlin, Ed Bourassa and Jim Mraz.
1) 91 Dickinson St. • Jan and Gary Chapman
This garden is a seven-year work in progress. Jan and Gary Chapman are do-it-yourself gardeners who have transformed this 2.5-acre parcel of flat pasture land into approximately 1.5 acres of manicured gardens where 10 different planting beds are connected by wandering gravel paths. The Chapmans met the challenge of planting the three septic mounds on this property using a variety of succulents and lavender. The various planting areas feature a range of groundcovers, perennials and evergreens. Some of the featured trees include contorted weeping birch, purple birch, sourwood, magnolia and apple trees. A new arbor will be home to two newly planted Cecil Brunner climbing roses. A must-see is the large garden shed filled with orchids.
2) 453 W. Hammond St. • Denny and Dan Donovan
Nestled onto a city lot are the dream gardens of a couple of "weekend warriors." Denny and Dan Donovan have transformed their property from traditional lawns to flower beds of botanical riches. The front yard features colorful perennials, shrubs, fruit and vegetable plants, dogwoods, maples, a weeping larch and a most prolific yellow plum tree. A winding pathway leads into a private backyard oasis. Here the tranquil beauty of the tall flowering trees, waterfalls and pond, patios and colorful gardens are highlighted with waves of groundcover and a rocked fire pit. Do-it-yourself projects featuring a garden shed, a wood-clad waist-high raised vegetable bed, worm bin, bird feeders and mason bee nesters complete this vibrant and personal haven.
3) 45 Marigold Lane • Lee Sharp and Karen Boorman
As construction of their home neared completion in 2007, Lee Sharp and Karen Boorman started landscaping the property. McDonald Creek runs through the back half of their lot. The front 3 acres, like those of their neighbors, formerly was a flat pasture. Their goals for landscaping were to overcome the boring flatness of a pasture; provide points of interest, whether viewed from inside their home or from the street; provide a sense of privacy while still maintaining a visual connection to the neighborhood and the mountain view; and ensure a variety of color and texture throughout the seasons.
With the help of Andrew May, an ornamental horticulturalist, their landscaping mounds and gardens very successfully met their goals. Sharp and Boorman showcase more than 80 different species of fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs (190 in all) as well as annuals and perennials such as sedums, lavender, heather, coral bells, columbine, lingonberry and blueberry.
4) 31 Nesting Place • Marilyn and Don Brenneis
Welcome to the land of golden retrievers, birds and veggies. Marilyn and Don Brenneis designed their front landscape for low maintenance, using plants and boulders intermingled with annuals which add splashes of color here and there. With four four-legged "kids" needing lots of exercise, the back landscape was designed to "go to the dogs," complete with a golden retriever crossing sign on their "mountain," as well as a tunnel in which to crawl. Non-splintering alder chips provide a nice surface for doggy paws and also act as a natural odor control.
Raised beds, planted with a variety of vegetables, are easily accessible, with hog wire used as a preventative measure for dog digging. One can relax on the swing under the grape arbor while listening to the cascading water feature that also muffles traffic noise. Bird feeders bring year-round activity from many feathered friends. This garden is a work in progress as the challenges of providing for dogs, birds and vegetables allow for lots of job security!
5) 71 Nesting Place • Michele Kolker
Michele Kolker has created the garden she was unable to have in her 15-foot by 12-foot arid Los Angeles yard. She was guided by the principles of feng shui which determined the start date, time and location of the first cut, as well as placement of the water feature and artwork. She collaborated with Bentley Garden Design in developing the plans for her gardens. The color palette began with the choice of sunset-colored flagstone for the patio and walkways. Using this as the base, she added plants with foliage colors consisting of a combination of chocolate, apricot, pink and orange sherbet highlighted with blue and purple. Kolker designed the lighting, water feature and pergola. She incorporated the work of local artist Dana Hyde, whose art you will see throughout the garden. Her artwork adds to the color palette and ambience. The gardens are a respite for Kolker and her two cats, which enjoy hiding among the grasses and asters and sampling the cat mint.
6) 302 N. Ryser Ave. • Judy Sensitaffar
Prepare to be inspired to go home and create your own garden retreat after visiting Judy Sensitaffar's garden. The garden, situated on a small town lot, began its life as a basketball court and a yard full of junk. From this lowly beginning, Sensitaffar and her daughters designed and created an intimate garden consisting of many outdoor rooms in which to sit and relax.
Flagstone paths lead from one garden room to the next where one might encounter a swing or gazebo or hammock or waterfall. Aboveground planting beds surrounding the lot shield the garden visitor from the sounds of the street. Designated as a wildlife sanctuary, this garden offers quiet respite sitting and listening to the twittering of birds and the hum of bees. The garden features cherry, plum, apple, pear and apricot trees. Smell the fragrance of the roses planted in memory of friends and family. And enjoy the many baskets of annual flowers hanging in every area of the garden.
7) 44 Timothy Lane • Dick and Evelyn Wolf
Welcome aboard the D&E Garden Railroad! Dick and Evelyn Wolf marvelously have integrated their passion for model trains into their 2-acre Carlsborg landscape. Combining an enthusiasm for gardening, woodworking and mechanics, and a 10-year labor of love, these owners have created a rural fantasy railroad with more than 400 feet of track and 20 buildings which transport observers of all ages to a bygone era.
Reviving a boyhood hobby, the owner built from scratch many of the rail cars pulled by the G-scale engines, as well as the antique buildings in the layout. The raised track area includes mountains, hills, rock and water features. Plantings of dwarf Alberta spruce, Blue Star (Amsonia), thyme, and Irish and Scotch mosses enhance the scale of the railway landscape. Additional features of the property include expansive lawns, Leyland cypress, perennials, fruit orchard, arbors and a patio with a majestic view of the Olympic Mountains.
8) 4949 Woodcock Road • Cynthia and David Martin
Cynthia and David Martin live in a 20-acre park with a splendid view of the Greywolf Range. Nature provided about 5 acres of forest, Casselary Creek and a tributary. There still is evidence of a forest fire 60 or 70 years ago. An old barn is a treasure to the family. The beautiful, large home was built 20 years ago to accommodate a large family. The creeks, in their natural condition, are habitat for many wild animals. Grandfather Arnold dug the pond which is stocked with Walmart goldfish. Don't laugh; they prosper and are a great meal for blue herons and an occasional river otter. The fish also keep the pond with a balance of aquatic plants. The forest provides firewood for the family, while shredded branches and yard waste provide mulch. Please don't laugh at the fences around the forest. Fixing them is the last summer chore — no cows, what's to run away?


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Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch says Apple deserves better than the treatment it's getting from David Einhorn, the hedge-fund manager pressuring the iPhone maker to cough up dividends.
"Look, these guys are after a quick hit. I'd blow him off," he told CNBC's "Closing Bell." "I'd give Einhorn the back of my hand."


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Andrew Murphy
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indieconf - the conference for independent web professionals
Michael Kimsal / Foster Burgess, LL
Saturday, November 19, 2011 from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM (EST)
Event Details
Visit indieconf.com for complete details on speakers and sessions.
Morning snacks, lunch, afternoon snacks and an evening reception are all provided during the conference. Let us know if you have any food allergies or dietary requirements.
Join our linkedin group to keep up to date with indieconf, arrange carpools to the conference, network with others, or just make some new friends :)
Our "dinner with the speakers" proved popular last year, so we're doing it again. With this ticket, you'll have a private dinner with our speakers to pick their brains, network, and have a good time. This is a relaxed, casual atmosphere limited to 30 people.
Freshbooks will be hosting a drinks get together at the Raleigh Forum in downtown Raleigh starting at 5pm on Friday the 18th. Register for your free ticket today!
Full refunds will be issued up to 7 days before the event. Please contact email@example.com to arrange for a refund or ticket transfer should something come up.
What? You don't use WordPress to tell stories? You lose.
Doug Foster
WordPress is just for blogging. Right? Wrong. In business, facts – not stories – sell your product, service, or point-of-view. Right? Double-wrong. Our minds are wired to process stories, not facts. WordPress is a POWERHOUSE storytelling engine. Don't use it? You lose – customers and business. First, we'll explore why short stories – not "death-by-Powerpoint" bullets – engage your buyer, capture their attention, and convince them to buy your product, service, or point-of-view. Second, we'll drill into how I used WordPress to build a storytelling engine – and you can too. Want more sales? Forget the website, build a storySite™.
The things I wished someone had told me before I started!
Andrew Oliver
When going independent there are some things you should know. Unfortunately, no one told them to me. While Open Software Integrators scaled from a one man show to over 15 people in under 3 years, I made a lot of mistakes. I'll describe the things I didn't know up front and wished I had known. I'll also discuss what went wrong and what is going right.
Low and No Cost Marketing and Public Relations Tools: Tactics & Techniques
Neil Tortorella
Attendees will learn how to get on their prospect's radar screen and leverage the power of the Web to build an online presence, drive more traffic to their site and land more clients. They will also learn how to:
- Position themselves as an expert in their industry
- Generate press coverage
- Write press and news releases that get noticed
- Build a media list
- Produce a press kit
- Leverage the power of email marketing, blogs and social media
- And more
Building Your Name via the Social Web
Patrick O'Keefe
The social web, including Twitter, Facebook, Google+, niche communities and other platforms, represents a great opportunity for you to showcase your knowledge to a wider audience, whether local or international. People will become familiar with what you know and, when they need what you can offer, they'll be more likely to think of you. And unlike other forms of getting noticed, the investment isn't about how much money you have – it's about how much time you have. How can you demonstrate your expertise in a genuine way, and become a recognized expert, without falling into the category of self-described gurus and experts that people have grown to distrust? We'll talk about how I've built my name and how you can get your knowledge out there, help people and build a reputation on the platforms where the people you want to reach are engaging.
CSS3: Using media queries to improve the website experience
Zoe Mickley Gillenwater
It's no longer practical or even possible to build different sites for all of the different devices that your users may be visiting your sites with. From widescreen TVs to mobile phones, desktop computers to tablets, the number of ways that people view web pages is more diverse than ever before.
How can you create a site that looks good in all these different environments—and keep your sanity? A new feature of CSS3 called media queries allows you to easily make a single site that automatically adapts its design to the users' settings so that it looks good and works well in whatever screen space is available.
Using practical but progressive examples, Zoe will show you how to use media queries combined with liquid/fluid layout techniques to make your web pages more dynamic, responsive, and usable. You'll learn how to use media queries to tailor your sites to mobile devices like iPhone, Android, and iPad, as well as the various screen sizes of desktop computers, while still attending to outdated browsers like IE 6, 7, and 8.
What every business owner needs to know about finances
Damon Yudichak
Presentation will provide an overview on what every business owner needs to know about the financial aspect of their business. How do do I deal with taxes? Why should I be concerned with financial statements? How do I know what to pay myself? When is my business ever going to make me money?
User Experience & Making Education Suck Less
Bermon Painter
Discover the meaning and importance of user-centered design and how to make decisions based on the needs of people that use a website or web application. After a nice frolic through the principles of user experience design we'll review the history of the education system, how it's been twisted and changed and how you, yes you can self-educate and help the education in your communities suck a little less.
How Not to be a Freelancer
If you read enough books or blog posts about working for yourself and becoming a freelancer, you'll begin to see some of the same advice repeated over and over again. Putting all of that into practice while trying to juggle clients, finances, marketing and actually doing the work itself isn't always easy (or even possible!). This talk is about how I managed to systematically screw up all of that advice, sometimes doing just the opposite, and yet have been able to build a successful freelance career that in many ways is better because of my "mistakes". I'll give you some of the "worst" advice you can receive if you're starting a freelance career, including how to give your company an unpronounceable name, how to ignore email, and why you shouldn't print up business cards. Learn why it's ok to screw up along the way and how those mistakes might just lead you to a better career in the end.
Publishing as Marketing
Joseph D'Agnese and Denise Kiernan
Nothing builds your credibility like having written a book about some area of your expertise. The advent of digital publishing means that every freelancer has the tools to become a book author overnight. But is that the way to go? Or would your business be better served in the long run trying to land a traditional book deal? The presenters—who have a combined 40 years of publishing experience with agents, editors, and Big 6 publishers—deconstruct both forms of publishing and share what you need to know about turning your knowledge and your words into a decent marketing tool for your growing business. At the very least, come find out why Stephen King really isn't as rich as you think.
Starting Your Career As A Freelance Web Designer
Neil Tortorella
Running a successful freelance Web business means being more than a great designer or programmer and having a lot of talent. It also means knowing the ins and outs of numerous business issues and tasks. Based on Tortorella's book (Allworth, 2011), attendees will learn how to:
- Determine if they're cut out for the freelance lifestyle
- Draft a solid business plan
- Deal with necessary business tasks, such as taxes, insurances, finding the right accountant and attorney
- Calculate their real base hourly rate
- Market and promote their freelance business
- Create winning proposals
- Build quality business relationships
- Manage projects
- And more
Don't work without a net…
How to Be a Freelance Money Geek
Joseph D'Agnese and Denise Kiernan
In the freelance world, talk of money inevitably centers around basics such as efficient invoicing, nailing down contracts that work, tax deductions, setting up LLCs, and so on. D'Agnese and Kiernan are more interested in the concept of wealth-building: How can you consistently build your net worth and ride out the feast-or-famine cycle on a freelance income? How do you manage your filthy freelance lucre once it comes in the door? In this session, the presenters offer a simple to-do list that gives session participants the info they need to "geek out" on their finances and put a system in place that will help build their nest egg as quickly as possible upon leaving indieconf. Some tips are inspirational. The rest are solid methods for money management that have stood the test of time and are culled from The Money Book for Freelancers (Random House).
Building a business - growing beyond indie work
Lessons learned about adding a staff to work with you. Discussion about adding a first employee, learning to delegate work and building from one FTE to more. Session covers growth, people, finance, marketing and strategy insights into building a business. Information on if hiring people is right for you, how to minimize risk as you build a business and what a development business might look like a few years into the journey.
Next Generation SEO
Best Practices for the Solo Developer
Michael Eaton
You are the only developer in your company. Maybe you're an independent consultant. Maybe you work from home, maybe not. Any way it goes, being the lone developer can be tough. Whether you work in a cube or the comfort of your home office or the local coffee shop, there are many challenges facing the solo developer. Project management, estimation, testing and even writing code all change when you work alone. In this session, I will discuss many of the lessons learned and practices I've developed working almost exclusively as a single developer for the past ten years.
Basic SEO for Website Designers and Developers
• On-Site SEO tags, titles, heads, and successful code
• Off-site SEO, gaining inbound links from authoritative sources, lens pages, and sales pages
• Strategic placement planning for search engine local pages, matching highly searched terms by your client's target audience.
Legal Considerations for Web Professionals
Content Strategy: A Framework for Marketing Success
Public Speaking 101
Jared Richardson
Public speaking scares most people more than dying, but it's also a necessary skill for independents trying to build their reputation. Speaking at user groups, conferences, and in front of clients is something we have to do. With a few key tricks, you'll find it's not that difficult or scary.We'll discuss several techniques to make you a more effective public speaker, and then we'll take the time to practice them (for a few brave volunteers!). You'll learn how to avoid classic traps like Rambo spraying and doing the Secret Service. Then you'll learn how to effectively engage your audience and present at their pace. You'll leave with a solid toolbox of tricks and techniques that'll make you look like a seasoned professional the next time you step in front of an audience of any size.
When & Where
McKimmon Center
1101 Gorman Street
Saturday, November 19, 2011 from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM (EST)
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Michael Kimsal / Foster Burgess, LL
Michael Kimsal is a freelance web consultant based in Raleigh, NC.


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Will Maine ever regain the nonresident hunters it lost over the last decade?
Realistically, probably not. On January 23 last year, the members of a legislatively authorized Nonresident Hunter Task Force presented a lengthy list of recommendations to the legislature's Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee. Like most task force reports, it flew onto the shelf to gather dust. None of the recommendations were pursued.
To prepare a news blog post prior to the presentation of the report, I read all of the public comments received by the Task Force as it worked to create a series of recommendations that might reverse the state's sharp 60 percent decline in nonresident hunters. The most common suggestion: Sunday hunting.
But the Task Force decided not to recommend Sunday hunting – even though it might be the most effective way to attract more nonresident hunters to Maine – because Task Force members know it's not realistic to think we'll ever hunt on Sundays in Maine. They wanted to focus attention on recommendations that would be seen as doable.
One controversial recommendation that did make the final list is to allow nonresidents to hunt on the first day of the firearms season on deer. That has been another nonstarter at the legislature, rejected repeatedly in the past, even when the state's largest sportsman's group, the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine, championed it. "Nonresidents don't vote," was the response I got one year from a State Senator who voted against the bill.
Today, I would reply, "That's true, but nonresidents used to spend a lot of money hunting deer in Maine, and now they don't, and that has hurt many Mainers and their businesses." The biggest gripe I got from nonresident SAM members, as SAM's executive director, was this prohibition on hunting the first day of the deer season.
While there are specific recommendations of interest on the Task Force's list, including giving nonresidents more moose and any-deer permits, a lot of the Task Force's time was spent discussing what and how to market Maine hunting to nonresident hunters. One high priority recommendation calls for a lot more research "so we know what hunters want and need and can work with the tourism industry to make it happen," as one Task Force member explained it.
The Task Force also recommends focusing on the diversity of Maine hunting experiences, with more advertising about turkey, upland bird, duck, and rabbit hunting.
I especially like the recommendation that the small game license include turkeys, eliminating the current special turkey permit and fee. That's also a recommendation from SAM's Pickering Commission, whose final report was released about at about the same time as the Task Force report. And I've submitted a bill this legislative session, sponsored by Senator Tom Saviello, to do this.
While most of the recommendations can (unfortunately) be placed in the category of wishful thinking, the most important recommendations (at least in my mind) involve marketing. The Task Force encourages DIF&W, the Tourism Office, hunting organizations, guides and outfitters, and others to work together to provide targeted, comprehensive and consistent marketing – with more funding from the legislature and administration.
One excellent suggestion: that DIF&W and the Maine Office of Tourism develop an annual marketing plan to attract more nonresident hunters to our state. This recommendation includes an excellent list of specific tasks.
Can or will any of this be done? Fourteen months after the recommendations were issued, I think you know the answer.
I promised in my January 2012 blog post to pull this excellent report and list of recommendations off the shelf a year later, and let you know if anything was accomplished. Consider this done.